Chair-guard.



PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

.4 1'0 all whom,- it may eoiwerm of this character thoroughly secure by eiplilip- ISAAONGER,

or .inonfnounrarnr CHAIR-esulano. A

MICHIGAN.-

Be it known that l, leere UNeER, a vcitizen of 'the United; States, residing Aat Iron Mountain, in the county of Dickinson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chair-Guards, of which the following is a speciiication.

ll/ly inventlon relates particularly to Ihi'h chairs; and my ,primary object is to provi e niproved means for securing an infant in its c air. i f

ll accomplish my purpose'oi rendering chairs ping the table or tray of the ordinaryr 'gh chan with a dependingguard of special' forml and adjustable connectlons.

' y 'lhe invention is illustrated its referred embodiment in the accompanying awings, inwhich l Figure 1 represents'a perspective view of the upper portion of a high chair, showin the tray, which is partly raised, equhippe tray and guard, an

with my improved adjustable guard; a breken top` rear erspective View oi the dplFig. 3 a broken section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2. y

in the construction shown, A represents a chair suplied Witha seat a, n'rus a', and av p a tray movably connected with the chair, as by means ci arms t, joinedby pivots b to the 'chair-bach, and C a guard of bach a2;

special form adjustably joined brackets c to the tray.

- The construction olE the chair is unimpor? tant, except that it should have arms which the tray s oi use. e tray is of integral construction and may be movably connected with the chair either in the manner shown or in any other desired manner.

'.lhe guard @may be of any suitable shape and material. Preerabl it comprises a curved wooden member o integral construe-- tion, provided at its lower edge with curved recesses c', which serve vto receive and conne the limbs of a child when the child is resting upon the chair-seat. These recesses are on opposite sides of the medial plane d of the tray and guard, bein separated by the central rejection c2. T eguard projectsdown- War ly from the tray near the rear ed e thereof; being sup orte`d on the brackets w 'ch are rigidly and etachably secured to the lower si e of the tray in front of the guard. Each bracket preferably comprises an angle-iron,

having its forwardly-directed arm firmly fasf specification ef Lettere retenir apprecie nea November 27, mms.'- semi Ne. scanso.

,means of which the guard `clamped to the brackets ans and rests upon in the position patented Mayas, i906.

tened toA the tray and its downwardly-uirected arm provided with a vertical slot c. The ardis equipped near its ends with forwar y-projeotmg threaded studs or bolts c", which assthrough the slots c8 ofthe brackets an are equipped with thumb-nuts c, by may b securely at lan desired height. The guard-is short enoug to enter readily between the arms of the chair when the tray islowered to its position onthe arms, but .issuiiicientin dimensions to form a substantial closure for the space beneath the tray, and above the space normally occupied bythe childs limbs.,

l The advantages of the improved construction will at'once be understood by those familiar with the requisites. The ad justability of the guardy enablesits position to be altered at will toaccommodate children of the same agebut ot different sizes, as well as to accommodate the same child as it grows. This provision enables the guard to be maintained at all times at just suiicient distance from the chair-seat to comfortably accommodate the childs limbs, thereby not only serving to prevent the possibility of the child sli ping beneath the tray, but also serving e ectually to prevent a strong child from withdrawing its limbsand getting upon its feet. The thumb-nuts are accessible from in frontenab1ing the adjustment of the guard to be readily made when the child is in the chair.

a -small amount to the cost, While a ding glrleatly to the usefulness and security of the c alr. i

at' I'regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the tray of a chair, oi' a depending guard adjustably supporiad from the t ay, for the purpose set ort 2.- rlhe combination with a chair having vsuitable arms, and a movable trayspanning the arms, of supports Xed to and depending from the tray, and a guard adjustably secured to said su ports and movable in `a plane substantially at right angles to the plane of the tray. 4

3. The combination withI a chair having suitable arms, and a movable tray spanning the arms, of slotted brackets ixed to the lower side of the tray nearthe rear Vedge i The device is simple 'and cheap, addin but a thereof, and a guard equipped with bolts re-r `4Suid guard A ourved reoesses; at

be' adjustable fr'/om th'e front of thjguard, 'th'fiownwardmesentededge for receiymg 1o ceived by th slots ofthebrackets, Said'bol tray f fori;v e urpose set forth. Y `thelimbs of a, c forvthe purpose set forth.

4. e combination with a. chair AAO UNGER gamins, and ahmovable tray or" integral oono -ported guard de'pe ding' from and'udj'ust- MH-HEER,

ably'conneoted With. tHe/rear portion o-"chugA Y .Jl JONES-. 'i 

